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The McGraw Group of Affiliated Companies (hereafter "The McGraw Group")
values you as a customer. We understand that the basis for our relationship
is the trust you have placed in all of the affiliated McGraw Group companies.
To help maintain that trust and to demonstrate our commitment to you and your
privacy, The McGraw Group has adopted this privacy policy.
This privacy policy explains our promise to protect the privacy of nonpublic
personal and financial information (NPFI) we obtain about you. It also lists:
- Types and sources of NPFI we may collect.
- Affiliates and non-affiliates affected by this policy.
- Your privacy options regarding the sharing of any NPFI we collect.
Our Promise to Protect Your Privacy
It is the policy of The McGraw Group and all of its affiliated companies
to safeguard all NPFI we obtain from any source about you and our other customers.
In accordance with this policy, we promise to:
- Safeguard any NPFI customers share with us.
- Limit the collection and use of our customers' NPFI.
- Permit only authorized employees and third-party entities,
who are trained in the proper handling of our customers' NPFI, to have access
to such information.
- Not reveal any NPFI about any of our customers to non-affiliated
third parties. The only exception is for those entities to whom we must
release NPFI in order to fulfill a request for services or a product by
a customer, or to comply with law, government regulators or a court order.
- Maintain control of our customers' NPFI. This is accomplished
through the use of physical, electronic and procedural safeguards.
- Attempt to maintain the accuracy of our customers'
NPFI.
- Never, under any circumstances, sell our customers' NPFI.
NPFI We Collect
The NPFI we collect about you comes from the following sources:
- Information we receive from you on an application or other forms. This
includes your name, address and telephone number.
- Information about your transactions with us or our affiliates, such as
your premium payment history; and
- Information we receive from non-affiliated third parties. Examples are:
- Your driving record.
- Your claims history.
- Home inspection report.
We only use this information to perform a service or provide a product that you have requested.
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NPFI We May Share with Affiliates
We only disclose NPFI to affiliates when you request a specific service or
product that requires such disclosure, or for marketing purposes to make you
aware of other products and services we provide. We do not provide NPFI to
any non-affiliated entities for marketing purposes.
Affiliated Entities of The McGraw Group to Whom We May Share NPFI
Under the terms of this privacy policy, an affiliated entity of The McGraw
Group is any company that is under the direct and exclusive control of The
McGraw Group's parent company, Western Service Contract Corporation. This
includes:
- Western Service Contract Corporation (Western Specialty Contract
Corp. in Texas);
- Pacific Specialty Insurance Company;
- Pacific Specialty Management Company and Pacific Specialty Lloyds;
- The McGraw Company dba McGraw Insurance Services and dba McGraw
Specialty Insurance Services;
- McGraw Commercial Insurance Services;
- Pacific Loan Administrators; and
- Rockridge Finance Corporation.
Non-Affiliated Third Parties to Whom We May Share NPFI
We do not obtain NPFI from non-affiliated financial service providers, such
as credit reports, for any of the products or services provided by The McGraw
Group. We may obtain or share NPFI with the following non-affiliated third
party entities:
- Non-financial companies that provide information needed to underwrite
or otherwise process, perform or provide a service or product that you have
requested. This includes:
- Companies that provide information about your driving record.
- Companies that provide information about your claims history with
both affiliated and non-affiliated entities.
- Non-affiliated entities when:
- Permitted by law.
- Required by court order.
- Requested by government regulators for statistical reporting or state/federal
compliance matters.
Our Security Procedures
We protect the privacy of your NPFI through a combination of physical, electronic
and procedural security safeguards. In total, these safeguards allow only
trained and authorized employees and third party entities, such as law enforcement,
to have direct access to any NPFI that we collect and maintain about you.
Website Use
The McGraw Group does not collect any information about you other than the
NPFI you provide us through your agent. IP addresses are never stored on our
server and cookies are never sent from our server to the hard drive of any
Website user. Our secure server uses a Secure Sockets Layer to safeguard all
NPFI received via online quotes and purchases. All NPFI is protected using
128-bit encryption.
E-mail messages are not secure or encrypted. The McGraw Group encourages
you to limit e-mail use to comments and questions that do not contain NPFI.
Please work with your agent, utilize a postal service, or call us at (800)
828-3003 when required to provide any additional NPFI.
Your Privacy Options
As noted in this policy, The McGraw Group does not share your NPFI with any
affiliated or non-affiliated entities, except as provided by law or as authorized
by you in order to perform a service or provide a product that you have requested.
Since there are no marketing agreements or other arrangements in place where
we share your NPFI with non-affiliated third party entities, it is not necessary
for you to "opt-out" of our sharing your NPFI.
You have the right to review and correct any of your NPFI on file with our
company. Should you wish to review this information, please fax Jeffrey R.
Kenny at (650) 780-4848 or write to us at:
The McGraw Group of Affiliated Companies
ATTN: Jeffrey R. Kenny
3601 Haven Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1064
We evaluate our privacy practices frequently and are interested in any
experience you have that is contrary to this privacy policy. Should you
have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about this policy, please
give Jeffrey R. Kenny a call at (800) 828-3003 extension 3064.
Thank you for placing your trust and confidence in us.
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